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Making Thinking Visible
by
Ron Ritchhart (Goodreads Author),
Mark Church, Karin Morrison
A proven program for enhancing students' thinking and comprehension abilitiesVisible Thinking is a research-based approach to teaching thinking, begun at Harvard's Project Zero, that develops students' thinking dispositions, while at the same time deepening their understanding of the topics they study.? Rather than a set of fixed lessons, Visible Thinking is a varied colle...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by Jossey-Bass
(first published March 25th 2011)
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So I'm reading this after finishing Why Don't Kids Like School. So far, book emphasizes the process of understanding, and not working memory. In Why Don't Kids Like School there's a strong argument for practicing and memorizing certain facts to increase the room in working memory and thus be able to develop understanding more easily. This doesn't mean the books are in opposition. It just seems to me that reading them so close together gives me the chance to think what kinds of knowledge I need m...more
MTV is a book to make us (teachers) more thoughtful about the thinking our student do. The book identifies different types of thinking and describes a number of thinking routines that can help students 'see' their thinking and collaborate with peers. The use of the thinking routines has significantly raised the level of the language my First Graders are able to use effectively to explain and expand their thoughts. The website (Project Zero at Harvard) has a number of the routines that you can br...more
Fabulous resource! This book goes into excellent detail about using thinking routines to make student learning visible. I met Ron Ritchhart when I attended the Future of Learning conference at Harvard Graduate School of Education. I was fortunate to be a student in one of his seminars and had the wonderful experience of participating in a thinking routine from the perspective of a student. This was a powerful learning experience and I look forward to implementing these routines with my own stude...more
I like that this book was not all theory. The authors provided useful strategies and specific routines that help to create a culture of thinking in the classroom. For each routine discussed, there was a "picture of practice" which demonstrated that routine in action in an actual classroom. The authors suggested the type of material or activity best suited to each routine and talked about what might have gone wrong if it didn't work. There are teachers from all grade levels represented so in some...more
Excellent resource! I love the simplicity in the routine explanations, the variations of each, and the work samples. I've been using these routines weekly and have seen a great improvement in discussion, thinking and quality of work. I've also seen a dramatic increase in student participation and motivation. This is especially exciting as I work with struggling students, many of whom are more than a grade level behind. To see this transformation is exciting and encouraging. As a teacher, this bo...more
Another great book that will help teachers guide students to critical thinking skills. The first chapter made me realize that I really did not know what it meant to think. Real eye-opener. Offeres numerous simple but effective routines to help students develop an understanding of concepts and content. DVD is excellent.
Loved this. Easy to read. Says what it needs to say with no jargon. Thinking routines at back are useful. Already used 'see, think, wonder' with two year groups. Many of the others I've been using over the years under different guises, but great to renew enthusiasm for getting them thinking.
Very important book for teachers! You want to improve your teaching, this is a good place to start. It makes you think about student engagement
and just how you are delivering content in your classroom. The thinking routines can change your classroom in a big way! Loved it!
and just how you are delivering content in your classroom. The thinking routines can change your classroom in a big way! Loved it!
Was enjoying it but my checkout period timed out ... and I sort of feel like this one would be better in hard copy where I could make physical notes. The e-format was hard for me. Really this is one I'd like to see presented by someone who really "gets" it and has used it.
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Brilliant ideas, great applications and very wordy. It felt a bit like being back in lecture hall my freshman year of college. I was excited and overwhelmed and still somehow thought the speaker could should have tried to connect with the audience.
all that said, its a book we all should read at least part of.
all that said, its a book we all should read at least part of.
Understanding is the result of thinking, go figure. But what kind of thinking happens when a kid is learning a language, and how can I help? Must explore more.
Great book filled with teaching strategies to take thinking deeper and to foster communication between students in the classroom. Not a book to read from cover to cover, but more one to use like a recipe book. Many ideas to try!
From Harvard's Project Zero - Filled with thinking routines for classroom use along with case studies and DVD. Excellent resource.
I think I'm going to be using a lot of ideas from this book in class this year.
Great book with many wonderful strategies. I have used the See-Think-Wonder in class already and feel like I saw students really stretching their usual ways of hurriedly thinking.
Practical, revolutionary, and incredibly useful for all grade levels and subject areas.
Good points and easy to follow routines.
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Ron Ritchhart is currently a Senior Research Associate at Harvard Project Zero where his work focuses on such issues as teaching for understanding, the development of intellectual character, creative teaching, making students' thinking visible, and most recently the development of school and classroom culture. Ron's research and writings, particularly his theory of Intellectual Character and frame...more
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